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A minute with the Pioneer A Cappella Choir

January 30, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Need a quick mid-winter pick-me-up? Listen to a minute of the Pioneer High School A Cappella Choir singing a creative and engaging arrangement of the African-American spiritual, “Daniel, […]

FutureStars profiles: AAPS teens prove talent is plentiful in district

January 28, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Profiles by Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com Pioneer senior Ella Maki grew up in a house filled with music Music echoes through Ella Maki’s family. Always has. Probably always will. “My family is very involved with music and […]

Talent on tap for this weekend and next: See highlights of a FutureStars 2020 rehearsal

January 16, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Pioneer Theatre Guild’s FutureStars 2020 returns for the 18th year with preliminary competitions this Friday and Saturday nights ( Jan. 17-18) followed by a finale on […]

30 seconds with: Yael Rothfeld’s music class with Thurston third graders

January 9, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Video by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editors Thurston third graders have had a rollicking good time learning the “Grumpy March” dance from music teacher Yael Rothfeld. “It’s a pretty complicated dance and it is only […]

FutureStars 2019 Winning Act, “It’s Tricky” performed by 2019 Pioneer grads, Ashanti Kenyatta Campbell, Shane Collins, and Trey Foster.

Pioneer Theatre Guild presents FutureStars 2020 Jan. 17, 18, 25

January 9, 2020 AAPS News Editor

Pioneer Theatre Guild’s FutureStars 2020 returns for its 18th year at Pioneer High School’s Schreiber Auditorium on Jan. 17, 18 and 25. A citywide talent search for Ann Arbor’s next star, FutureStars features students from […]

Pioneer Symphony Band to perform composition by Pioneer alum Chris Hass Dec. 12 at Winter Winds Concert

December 11, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video, photos and story by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Pioneer High School graduate Chris Hass is looking forward to his alma mater’s Winter Woods Concert on Thursday for one very special reason. During the […]

Skyline Theatre presents ‘Shakespeare in Love’ this weekend

November 13, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Before he was known the world over as the greatest playwright in the English Language, William Shakespeare was a young writer struggling to get his works seen and looking for inspiration. That’s the character we […]

1400 AAPS students treated to Pioneer Theatre Guild’s performance of `Matilda: The Musical’

November 7, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor About 1400 AAPS elementary students from eight schools got a real treat Wednesday when they took a field trip to see the Pioneer Theatre Guild’s performance of “Roald Dahl’s […]

Profile: Pioneer’s Martha Laramore-Josey fulfills a dream playing Matilda in PTG’s fall production

October 18, 2019 AAPS News Editor

By Terry Jacoby/weloveannarbor.com When Martha Laramore-Josey saw Roald Dahl’s Matilda on Broadway in 2014 she knew right then that she “wanted to be a part of this show.” “I absolutely loved it,” says Laramore-Josey. “It’s […]

30 seconds with: The Clague Middle School Orchestra

October 8, 2019 AAPS News Editor

Video and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Editor Abby Alwin has taught orchestra for 17 years at Clague Middle School for 17 years—and loves it. “I feel fortunate to be a part of such […]